. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. HIVE8. 24tj HIVES. space, where it is secured in place by two Van Deuseii clamps that crowd it up against the brood-frames or sections which, in turn, bear against the springs. No mat- ter wliat tlie weather conditions may be, the yielding spring-; will cause a pressure on the frames or sections, and yet allow removing them with the greatest of ease. The brood- frame is 4J inches deep by 17| long. The section-holders are the same siz
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. HIVE8. 24tj HIVES. space, where it is secured in place by two Van Deuseii clamps that crowd it up against the brood-frames or sections which, in turn, bear against the springs. No mat- ter wliat tlie weather conditions may be, the yielding spring-; will cause a pressure on the frames or sections, and yet allow removing them with the greatest of ease. The brood- frame is 4J inches deep by 17| long. The section-holders are the same size, containing ?ii plain section with fences. Mr. Hand tinds it quite important to iiave the top and bottom bars of the l)rood-frames narrow, so that he may Ifiok through the comb surfaces. The ordinary wide thick bars would not answer for a hive of this de- scription. While it is possible to handle the frames, and al)Solutely necessary under some conditions, he empha- sizes the importance of handling hives, or brood-sections, rather, instead of individual frames. He says that practically all the neces- sary m a n i p u 1 a t i 0 n s, even to the finding and catching of queens, can l)e accomplished with- out handling a single frame. Mr. F. J. Miller, of London, Ont., Canada; L(mis H. Scholl, of New Braun- fels, Texas; J. E. Chambers, Vigo, Texas, and quite a number of others who use the divisible-brood-chamber hive, have so far demonstrated the feasibility of handling hives instead of frames that they claim they are able to dispense with from one to tw^o men, doing all the work alone, because there is no handling of the frames, and little or no time lost in hunting for and catching the queen and clipping lier wings. THE IIIVIC. Almost the very opposite of the Heddon in princii)le and general construction is the Da- danthive. While Mr. Heddon divides up the brood-chamber into one, tw^o, or three sepa- rate portions, Mr. Dadant would have it all in one large complete whole
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